Baṭḥari language
| Bathari | |
|---|---|
| Batahari | |
| Pronunciation | [batˤħari] |
| Native to | Oman |
| Region | Dhofar Province |
Native speakers | 16 (2016) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bhm |
| Glottolog | bath1244 |
| ELP | Baṭḥari |
Modern South Arabian Languages | |
Bathari is classified as "critically endangered" by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Baṭḥari (Arabic: اللغة البطحرية "Baṭḥari language"), natively known as Bəṭaḥrēt, is a nearly extinct Afro-Asiatic language of Oman, located on the southeast coast facing the Khuriya Muriya Islands.
The first westerner to acknowledge the existence of Bathari was Bertram Thomas in 1929.